Deus Irae

Doubleday's own clubs issued this title, and Doubleday book-club printings are the standard trap here because the clubs frequently left the "First Edition" line standing in the plates — the statement alone does not settle it. Check the board and jacket instead: a club copy has a small blind-stamped device (square, circle, dot or triangle) debossed at the lower rear board near the spine, no price at the jacket front flap (often a book-club code in a white box on the rear panel instead), and a noticeably lighter, thinner text block on cheaper paper.